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# [Building Scalable WebSocket APIs with Socket.IO Syntax](https://blog.reilly.dev/building-scalable-websocket-apis-with-socketio-syntax?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Sockets can only transmit binary (text.) Imagine we have this data const message = {id: '123', name: 'Reilly', message: 'Hey'} Here's the problem: we want to send this data to the ui but we have hundreds of useEffects spread throughout the codebase....

Feb 28, 2024 · 2 min read · blog.reilly.dev  
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